Wow Bruce that’s near $11.75 a gallon for Diesel. Lowest price I saw at the pump was $3.84 a gallon for 87 octane. Up + $1.25 in 2 weeks Cause $3.99 was across / down the street. We in the USA are truely blessed with our resources, we just don’t like this crap on our life things happening.
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I don’t think it is quite that much, $AUS3.09 = $US2.12, so more like $US8.00 a US gallon. It’s not cheap but not quite as expensive as you think.
But then our minimum wage is $AUS25 (plus 25% loading for casuals) about $US17.50 per hour so swings and roundabouts. (Average wage is about $43 per hour.)
At least we can use cooking oil in our diesels…
A bit expensive but will keep the motor running.
Not me, Lol Seeing lots on Electric Mountain bikes now. Bikes with pedals make sense.
Yes, you never know, you may get a flat battery 
Don’t misunderstand me when I say I would never be seen dead on an electric bicycle.
I don’t dislike them, and can understand why people would ride them, but for me personally, I don’t go out on my bike so much to look at the scenery or make it easier to ride up hills and travel further than with muscle power…I go out to find hills and put some work in, it’s relatively flat around here so I used to drive 40 miles to the peak district and rode up through the Strines to Woodhead and back through Glossop and along the Snake Pass 76 miles up and down some of the steepest hills in Yorkshire and Derbyshire . I cycle long distances, the further the better, I once rode the 107 miles to Hornsea and back in just over nine hours, energy ran out twice (the knock) and on one occasion had to stop and eat a Mars bar to replace the energy, I managed to cycle the last twenty miles with no problems. I want to feel the adrenaline and the burn when the quads are at breaking point and fatigued.
Of course these days with failing heart I have to accept less, but you will find me still out and plugging away and keeping up with most of the electric bike riders…
Nothing against electric bike riders, but rather than ride electric, I’d buy a motorcycle, but that’s not exercise is it… 
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Foxy, I’ve ridden bikes all my life, at the very start for the reasons you have stated above, during mid life as an alternative to the car for commuting the 10 miles or so back and forth to work, still conscious of how I was performing against the clock, now, as I don’t rely anyway on a Bicycle for exercise or essential transport, I feel no joy in turning pedals, even on the legit pedal assist bike, I’d go as far as to say I actually resent peddling, so, the point between a Motorbike or a full fat leccy bike, if you forget the Sur ron and stealth types, and concentrate on the converted Mountain Bike, they by and large resemble the standard article so to some degree are socially acceptable (If ridden in a manner the pedal item would be) and are silent, so, towpaths, forest tracks, quiet country lanes are all fair game, and at pootle speeds, when the environment can be enjoyed without any effort.
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I knew it might provoke criticism from the leccy biking fraternity Spitty, and I apologise.
My post was purely from a personal perspective and I don’t, and never had a problem with people riding them, and I can see they do have a place in today’s society…No road tax or insurance, and just a few quid on your electric bill. Perfect for commuting or nipping down the shops on. I bump into lots of past cyclists, runners, postmen/women, who no longer walk, ride or run, and that’s fine…But I still have that enthusiasm to turn out in the wind and rain (sunny days are preferable but not essential) in me shorts, and run, walk or cycle to get my fix…It’ll probably kill me in the end…
My stance is not as clear as I make out, I would go full pedal again, but, it would have to be a lightweight so called “Gravel Bike”, look them up foxy. My problem is that what I have in mind is expensive, the carbon fibre one’s circa £4000.00.
Ribble AUTO-GRIT
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Nice bike Spitty, amazed at the number of gears available. I’ve only got 5 on my road bike.
A bit too substantial for my needs. I sometimes leave mine chained up against a fence while I do a walk. I drive to a location and then cycle to the start of the walk and walk back to the car.
Bikes always there when I get back, but I bet that one wouldn’t be…
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Nice traditional bike that Foxy, all the miles done as a nipper were done on a similar bike, the ergonomics of the modern Mountain Bike, although extremely light could not have been used to cover those distances.
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I decided it was time to add a couple of Trig points to my list. I haven’t done one since April 2024 and with the promise of a sunny day yesterday I decided to do one of the harder ones. I can usually manage four or five during a visit to the high places, but the one I had in mind was a five mile walk over some of the most roughest terrain and some steep climbs on route.
I’ve visited this trig many times before but as a runner and walker and never really took any details, so it had to be done again.
It’s been 30 years since my last visit while racing the 42 miles of the Lyke Wake from Ravenscar in the east to Osmotherley in the west.
That’s me in seventh place from the 1996 race results…
It seemed a lot further than I remember, and certainly a lot steeper. I had to stop and rest several times during some of the climbs…A bit of a shock really when you consider I used to run these…
So after parking the motor in the Sheepwash car park…The start of so many Lyke Wake Walks over the years…
I made my way down the road to the cattle grid where you disappear into the woods.
There used to be a sign here that proclaimed ‘Ravenscar 39 miles’ it certainly played on the minds of many a Lyke Wake walker. There’s no mention of the Lyke Wake now, just this sign directing walkers to follow Albert Wainwrights Coast to Coast walk. He even signed in with AW in black marker at the top…
The path through Scarth Nick Woods is long and steep in places…
Back in 1955 Bill Cowley walked from Osmotherley to Ravenscar and the Lyke Wake Walk was born. Since then millions of walkers have made the trek mainly for charity, or just like me, it was in my blood and couldn’t resist the challenge.
A great place for cooling down those blistered feet, or perhaps some skinny dipping…
After a hard five mile slog, this was my first sight of the Carlton Bank Trig Point…
Time for a photo shoot and proof of my visit…
‘Roseberry Topping’ and this will be my next trig…Not today though…
The views over Middlesbrough and the sea in the distance are spectacular…
With just a couple of miles to go, time for a drink and a jam sandwich…
This stone and the tribute to Bill Cowley is the only reminder that the Lyke Wake ever existed, all the waymarks have been removed, and most people will never have heard of Bill, but Alfred Wainwright and his Coast Coast is the new messiah now…I met six people heading to the coast doing Alfred’s walk…
It turns out I did make a visit in 2011, I had forgotten about this one…
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Nice legs.
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There is a $$$ Million-dollar home sliding off a cliff in Utah. Living in Arid County has its Perks.
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85F is a nice warm day, 90F is much warmer, 95F is a hot day, 100F is blazing saddles day and AC it. 75F is a short sleeve, shorts, outdoor fun day. Rain may pop up here at all those temps. Winds from a southerly direction usually brings storms. Once June comes around there are a lot of 90+ days in the region. You can see guys wearing hoodies even then.
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Good to see you back trigging OGF 
Spectacular scenery too.
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Just as a matter of interest who takes the photos? they are obviously not selfies.
My thought is they are delivered free at the start of every season
Thanks d00d, I try to keep them in shape by giving them some hard work to do, but the heart gives out before the legs do…
Thanks Mr Smith…
I might not get as many done this year because I’m going for some of the harder ones. There might be a long walk involved or a steep climb. I jogged up most of them back in the day, but I didn’t realise just how steep and long some of them were. It’s certainly been an eye opener.
On this last one I was having doubts about reaching the top when I was half way up, and I was thinking negative thoughts like: It might be my last one if I make it…But you soon forget the struggle or else you wouldn’t do anything again…
Yes they are all selfies Bruce (couldn’t find anyone daft enough to climb the hills with me) I used to use a small tripod with the timer set, but some trigs were set in long grass and the tripod disappeared into the undergrowth…
So I designed a taller holder for the camera, but it had to fit into my rucksack.
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